Define the word mum"Mum" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Mum \Mum\, n.
Silence. [R.] --Hudibras.
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"Mum" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Mum \Mum\, n. [G. mummere, fr. Christian Mumme, who first brewed
it in 1492.]
A sort of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany.
--Addison.
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The clamorous crowd is hushed with mugs of mum. --Pope.
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"Mum" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Mum \Mum\, a. [Of imitative origin. Cf. Mumble.]
Silent; not speaking; as, to keep mum. --Thackeray.
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The citizens are mum, and speak not a word. --Shak.
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mum's the word keep this a secret; don't tell anybody.
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"Mum" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Mum \Mum\, interj.
Be silent! Hush!
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Mum, then, and no more. --Shak.
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"mum" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
mum
adj : failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to; "the
witness remained silent" [syn: silent]
n 1: of China [syn: florist's chrysanthemum, florists' chrysanthemum, Dendranthema grandifloruom, Chrysanthemum morifolium]
2: informal terms for a mother [syn: ma, mama, mamma, mom,
momma, mommy, mammy, mummy, mater]
3: secrecy; "mum's the word"
[also: mumming, mummed]
"mum" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "mum":
anaudic, aphasic, aphonic, breathless, brief, brusque, close,
close-tongued, closemouthed, concise, curt, dumb, dumbfounded,
dumbstricken, dumbstruck, economical of words, inarticulate,
indisposed to talk, laconic, ma, mam, mama, mammy, mater, mom,
mommy, mummy, mute, old woman, quiet, short, silent, snug,
sparing of words, speechless, stricken dumb, taciturn, terse,
tight-lipped, tongue-tied, tongueless, unloquacious, untalkative,
voiceless, word-bound, wordless
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